Shoe-shining machine.



No. 737,496. 7 PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903. J. G. G. SUHEER.

SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

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No. 737,496. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903. J. G. G. SGHEER.

SHOE SHI NING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.12. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1901 3.

PATENT OFFICE;

SHOE-*SHINING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,496, dated August 25, 1903.

Application filed September 12,1902. Serial No. 123,047. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. G. SOHEER, a citi'- zen of the United States of America, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Shining Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for shining boots and shoes, the primary object of the invention being to construct a machine Whereby the blackin g will be automatically applied to the boot or shoe and then automatically polished by mechanism to which power is applied by the person shining the boots or shoes.

The invention has for its further object to construct a machine of this type with means for applying the blacking to the rear portion of the shoe, together with separatemeans for applying the blacking to the upper of the shoe, means for polishing the rear portion of the shoe, and separate means for polishing the upper of the shoe.

Theinventionfurtheraims toprovide means for feeding a desired quantity'of blacking to the brushes, the said means to be under control of the operator, and to provide means whereby the toe-polishing brush is adjustable, whereby it may be used both as a polishing-brush and as a stop for the front of the shoe,whereby the shoe is held in the desired position to be effectively engaged by the upper-polishing brush.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, and pointed out in the pond ent claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference will indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved machine, the said section being taken through one of the upper polishing brushes and one of the heel-polishing brushes.

2'is a top plan view of my improved mac we.

Fig. 3 is a like view with the cover or top plate removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the blacking-reservoir. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the adjustable toe-polishing brush and stop removed. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the upperpolishing brush, and Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same.

To put my invention into practice, I provide two upper-polishing brushes and two vertical reciprocating heel-brushes. One of the revoluble upper polishing brushes is adapted to be employed as the brush for applying the blacking, while the other is the polishing-brush, and in the heel-brushes one of the brushes applies the blacking and the other performs the polishing.

I inclose the mechanism in a suitable box or casing 1, provided with a top 2, along the rear edge of which is a seat 3, which may be either in the form of a bench or other desired form of seat. Arranged in the box or casing 1 is a partition 4, on which are mounted standards 5, the function of which will hereinafter appear.

Journaled in the ends of the box or casing 1, near the rear side thereof, is a shaft 6, provided with bell-cranks 7 7 7, one near each end and one in the center, and at each side of the central bell-crank 7 the shaft is provided with a bell-crank 8. The shaft6 is j ournaled intermediate of its ends in brackets or supports 9, secured to the inner rear wall of the box or casing, and like supports or brackets 10 10 are also secured to said inner rear wall to form guides fora link 11, pivoted to a rod 12, which connects with the bell-crank 8, the bracket 10 forming a guide for the link 11 and causing the latter to operate in a vertical manner. This link 11 is attached at its upper end to a rod 14, which is secured to the underneath edge of the U-shaped heelbrush 15. By connecting rod 14 to the bellcrank S by means of the links 11 and 12, pivoted together, vertically reciprocatory motion is imparted to the brush 15, which could not be obtained in case a single rod connected the rod 14 with the bell-crank. Each of the U shaped heel brushes 15 are provided around the upper edge with a perforated pipe 16, to which is connected a flexible pipe 17, leading to the blacking-reservoir 18 and connected within said reservoir to a controllinga toe-polishing brush and stop 41.

valve 19. These valves are normally closed, and the stems thereof are lifted by means of a link 21, connected thereto and to a springpressed rod 22, extending through the top of the box, said rod having a head on the outer end, between which head and the cover of the box a spring 23 is arranged, which normally holds the valve to its seat. The blacking is admitted from the reservoir into the valve when the rod 22 is depressed and flows through the flexible hose 17 into the perforated pipe 16 and is discharged on the bristles of brush 15, it being understood that liquid blacking is employed. The reservoir is provided at a suitable point in the top with an opening for filling the same, which may be closed by an ordinary plug or bung 24.

Journaled in the partition 4 and in the front wall of the box or casing l are treadle-shafts 25 and brush-revolving shafts 26 for rotating the upper-brushes. The treadle-shafts 25 are provided with bell-cranks 27 28, and the upper-brush revolving shafts 26 are provided with bell cranks 29. The treadleshafts 25 and the brush-revolving shafts 26 are rotated in unison by connecting the bellcranks 28 29 of said shafts with a shaft or rod 30, while the bell-cranks 27 of the treadleshafts25 are connected by links or pitmen 31 with the treadles 32 near the forward end of of the latter. These treadles 32 are pivotally mounted on the uprights or standards 5, and near their rear ends are pivoted thereto the rods or pitmen 33,which connect with the bellcrank 7 of the shaft 6. The shafts 26 are made hollow for a portion of their length to provide a reservoir 34, into which blacking isfed by means of the flexible hose 35, connected to the valves 19 in the reservoir and to a chamber 36, provided therefor in the partition 4. The hollow portion of the shafts 26 is provided with perforations 37 to permit the blacking to escape from the chamber 34 and be deposited on the bristles of the upperbrush. Foot-rests 38 are provided and are preferably mounted on springs 39 on top of .the partition 4.

and the bristles are secured to the inner face of this sleeve. The sleeves are carried on the shafts 26, and mounted within each sleeveis The brisf tles of this brush are carried on the forward end, the brush being substantially circular in shape and having enlargements or shoulders 42 on the periphery thereof, which engage ini slots 43 provided therefor in the periphery v, of the sleeves 40, these slots being of sufficient length to permit the insertion of the brush 41 into the sleeve and also to permit the adjustment thereof after it has been inserted. This brush is reci-procated within the sleeve in o.rder to adjust the same for different lengths of boots or shoes, so that it may be brought. up to the toe of the boot or shoe being po1-.

, the box or casing 1, an opening 46 is provided in the top or cover 2. When the rod 44 is forced out of engagement with this notch, it may then be moved backward or forward, so as to adjust the brush 41 either forward or backward, as may be desired.

In operation one of the upper-brushes is employed for applying theblacking and also one of the heel-brushes, and the other upperbrush and the other heel-brush is employed for polishing. Both heel-brushes and both upper-brushesare of the same construction, and I have shown connections to the blacking-reservoir with each, so that either one can be employed as desired. The operator, we will assume for the purpose of illustration, places the left foot upon the foot-rest 38 and designated A in Fig. 2 of the drawings. With the right foot he then operates treadle 32 and designated Bin Fig. 2 of the drawings. By first depressing the rod 22 the'liquid b1acking is permitted to flow through the hose 17 and to the brushes 15 and 40, the brush 15 being reciprocated vertically by the operation of the treadle and rotary movement being imparted to the brush by the same means. The operator may then place the shoe to which the blacking has just been applied upon the rest 38 and designated 0 in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and by operating the treadle 32 (designated D in Fig. 2 of the drawings) by the right foot the other upper-brush and other heel-brush are given the same movement to polish the shoe as was imparted to the brushes which were employed for applying the blacking. For applying the blacking to the shoe on the right foot the latter would be placed on the foot-rest 38, at A in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the treadle 38, at E in Fig. 2, would be operated by the left foot. The right foot would then be placed on foot-rest 38, at C in Fig. 2, and the treadle 32, at B in Fig. 2, operated by, the left foot to polish the shoe. It will be observed that the provision of the central treadle 32 and one treadle at each side of the two foot-rests avoid any inconvenience in operating the brushes,'as would be caused were only one treadle provided for each of the brushes. The openings 47 in the top or cover through which the foot is inserted are made of sufficient size both for placing the foot upon the rest and also upon the treadle. In both applying the blacking and in polishing the foot is first placed upon the foot-rest in the manner shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the heel-brush 15 will engage the same. The foot is then slid forward on the foot-rest, so as to bring the toe into engage- IIO ment with the brush 41 and the upper of the shoe in position to engage with the brush 40.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shoe-polishing machine the combination of a vertically reciprocating heelbrush, a revoluble upper-brush, means for supplying blacking to the heel-brush and to the upper-brush and means for operating said brushes simultaneously, substantially as described.

2. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination of a vertically-reciprocating heel-engaging brush, a revoluble upper-engaging brush, a blacking-reservoir, connections between the reservoir and the heel-engaging brush, and separate connections between the blacking-reservoir and the upper-engagin g brush, means for controlling the supply of blacking from the reservoir to said brushes, and means for operating said brushes simultaneously.

3. In a shoe-shining machine the combination of a vertically-reciprocating heel-engaging brush, a perforated pipe carried by said brush at its upper edge, a blacking-reservoir, means for supplying blacking from the reservoir to said perforated pipe, a revoluble upper-engaging brush, means for supplying blacking from the reservoir to the upperengaging brush and means for operating said brushes simultaneously, substantially as described.

4;. In a shoe-polishing machine the combination of a vertically-reciprocating heel-engaging brush, a perforated pipe carried by said brush at its upper end, a blacking-reservoir, a hose connected to the perforatedpipe and to the blacking-reservoir for supplying blacking to the heel-engaging brush, a. revoluble upper-engaging brush, a hose connected to the blacking-reservoir and to the upper-engaging brush, means for operating said brushes simultaneously, and an adjustable toe-engaging brush, substantially as described.

5. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination with a vertically-reciprocating heelengaging brush, a revolving upper-engaging brush, an adjustable toe-engaging brush mounted'within the upper-engaging brush, and means for operating said brushes simultaneously, substantially as described.

6. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination of a pair of vertical reciprocating heelengaging brushes, a pair of revoluble upperengaging brushes, a toe-engaging brush adjustably mounted in each of the upper-engaging brushes, a foot-rest for supporting the shoe in position to be engaged by said brushes, a treadle, and connections between said treadle and the brushes for operating the same simultaneously, as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. O. SGHEER. Witnesses:

A. M. WILSON, E. E. POTTER. 

